To Ford, this isn’t about politics — it’s about survival. “You can argue about taxes or trade,” he said, “but you can’t argue with physics. You don’t get to rewrite the laws of nature because they don’t fit your agenda.”
He’s watched with disbelief as environmental protections were rolled back and agencies weakened. His verdict on those decisions is sharp: “You can’t deregulate your way out of extinction. When the last glacier melts and the last forest burns, no policy will save us.”
Yet even with that fire in his voice, Ford hasn’t lost hope. “We’ve survived so much as a species,” he said. “We’ve adapted, rebuilt, and learned. I still believe we can fix this — but only if we admit we’re the problem first.”
For Ford, this mission is personal. As a boy, he once locked eyes with a wild fox in the woods near his childhood home — a quiet moment that, he says, changed him forever. “We’re not separate from nature,” he said. “We’re part of it. Forgetting that is the root of everything that’s gone wrong.”
Now, when he’s not on set or speaking at global climate forums, Ford spends much of his time on his Wyoming ranch, flying over the mountains and rivers he’s spent a lifetime defending. “When you see the planet from above, you realize how small we are,” he said. “And then you realize how much destruction we’ve managed to cause despite that smallness.”
He knows some dismiss his warnings as “Hollywood preaching.” But he doesn’t care. “I’m not saying this because I’m an actor,” Ford said. “I’m saying it because I’m a human being who wants his grandchildren to breathe clean air.”
Still, he ends his message with belief — not in governments, but in people. “We built this mess,” he said. “We can unbuild it. But we have to stop seeing the Earth as something to use and start seeing it as something to protect.”
Harrison Ford’s words cut through the noise because they come from experience — from a man who’s seen the world in all its beauty and fragility. He’s not angry for himself; he’s angry because he still believes we can change.
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